Improvement in water-elevators



UNITED STATES PATENT Fries.

L. TAYLOR, OF JORDAN, WISCONSIN.

IM PROVEM ENT IN WATER-ELEVATO RS.

do hereby declare that the following is a full,

clear, and eXact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure l, Sheet l, is a sectional elevation along the line w of Fig. 2 of an apparatus made according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a section along the line y of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is adetailed view of the erank-wheel and brake and receptacle within a house. Fig. 4L is adetailed sectional view of the bucket and float and carriage on the line z, Fig. 2. Fig.5 is a detailed view of one of the wheels ofthe carriage shown in Fig. 6. Fig. 6, Sheet 2, represents my invention applied to a spring or reservoir whose water comes near the surface of the ground.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

The object of this invention is to construct a water-elevating apparatus which can be operated from within a house or apartment at a distance from the spring or well whence the water is taken. The bucket is suspended from its sides, so as to be capable of being tipped for the purpose of emptying it, and is connected to a carriage which is drawn along on strands up to the place where the water is to be discharged.

The letter A designates a well of water, in which is fixed, at a little distance from the side walls, two guide-rods, Q, Q, that serve to guide the bucket in its descent. From a wall,

B, or other fixture onthe right-hand margin of the well, extends a pair of wire strands, K K, which are inclined upward at such an angle as will sufliceto allow the carriage to descend by gravity toward the well. The strands K are fastened to the wall of the house where the water is to be delivered, and are strained taut by means of a cylindrical locking-bar, f, into which their lower ends are fastened, such bar being on the outside of the wall B, and having holes in it about its circumference t0 receive the end of a lever, which is to be inserted when it is desired to turn it to strain the strands K, which become wound about the bar. The bar f is then locked by means of a rod, g, that is set in one of said holes and allowed to rest against the outside of the wall. rIhe strands are fastened at a suitable point between their extremities to the ends of hooks M M, which are hung against the inner sides of standards O O, that are placed on either side of the strands, and are connected by a cross-bar at top.

The letter N designates a carriage, which travels on the strands KKby means of grooved wheels O, of which it has two on eachV side, such wheels resting on the strands.

When the carriage is in its lowest position its rear end rests against the wall B, against which it is held bya spring-latch, P, that projects from the wall and hooks over a staple, O, on the top of the carriage.

The sides of the carriage are provided with plates x, whose lower ends are bent outward, as shown in Figs. l and 2, so as to come outside of the strands K, thereby serving to keep the carriage upon the strands. The lower edge of the carriage at each side is also turned up, as seen in Fig. 2, so as to come beneath the curved parts of hooks M M when the carriage is passing them, and aid, in conjunction with said hooks, in keeping it in place on the strands.

The center of the carriage has a vertical slot, e, through it to receive the head B of iioat R, which is projected upward through the carriage when the bucket and ioat are raised, the head at such times coming against the end of latch P and disengaging its hook from the staple O', so as to free the carriage and allow it to be drawn upward along the strands K.

The carriage N has receptacles in each end thereof in front and rear of and in line with the opening e, for the purpose-of receiving grooved pulleys O2 O2, over which runs the line J, said line coming in at the top of t) e carriage to the forward pulley, thence into the opening e and beneath a grooved pulle y, U, placed in the head R, thence over the 1?1 pul ley, O2, and down through a vertical slr t iu the carriage to the iioat R, to which itisy attached near its rear end.

The rope J extends from the 1fo'rward pulley to the building or place where the bucket is to be emptied, and is in this example carried through the wall D and over a pulley, L, to a windlass or crank-shaft, I, to which it is lixed.

Inside of the wall D is a water-receptacle, H, in or above which terminates a deliverypipe, G, that is carried through the wall D from an outside bucket or receptacle, E, that is here shown fixed to the wall.

The iioat R embraces the top of the bucket S, which is suspended on journals a, having bearings on the lower edge of the sides of-the float. The journals c are above the horizontal line which passes through the center ofthe bucket, so that when left to itself it will always hang in the position shown in Fig. 4.

T is the mouth of the bucket. At the sides of the bucket, at its lower part, and forward of a vertical line which would intersect its journals, are pins h, which come in contact with the tilting-arms F of the bucket E when the bucket is carried up to the place of discharge. The float R has also pins Y Y projecting from its sides alittle back of the line of the journals c of the bucket, so as to bring said pins Y behind the guiding-rods Q Q.

From the sides of the carriage N extend headed pins, that go through its sides and en.- ter the opening c, in order to take hold of the sides of head R. These pins are pushed constantly inward by springs placed about them within the walls of the carriage, and are only withdrawn from engaging the head R when the heads of the pins are engaged by the forks of the plates W. These plates are elastic and extend forward along the sides of the wellcurb, being curved inward toward the carriage, whose sides their forked ends approach very nearly.

When the carriage begins its upward movement along the strands it is desirable to lock the head R( to the carriage to prevent the bucket from dropping in its course. This is done by the pins, which are held out of engagement when the carriage is in its lowest yposition by reason of their heads being embraced by the forks of the outwardly-curved plates, but are allowed to spring back and enter holes made in the sides of the head R so soon as the starting of the carriage carries the heads of the pins toward the ends of the said plates W.

In operating the apparatus the crank of the reel or windlass I is turned and the rope J is wound thereon, and the oat and bucket arriage. When the head R of the oat has \ivill be raised from the water up toward the p lssed through the openings e of the carriage anhl raised the latch P off the staple 0 the floatxvill have been brought close up. to the botto of the carriage, and the power applied to the nope J will begin to draw upon the carriage itself, which will immediately begin the ascent 0f the strands K. Before the front of the carriage has reached the cross-bar t', that extends from strand to strand near the wall D and stays its further progress, the p'ins h on the lower parts of the sides of the bucket will have already been arrested by the tilting-arms F, only one of which is seen in Fig. 1, s0 that the continued forward movement of the carriage up to the cross-bar 'i causes the bucket to be tilted on the pins h h as a center, bring' ing the mouth T of the bucket over toward the bucket, into which its contents are discharged. The bucket and carriage are then allowed to run back into the well, the brake b (see Fig. 3) being applied to the windlass l to control their descent. When the carriage has reached the wall B, the latch P springs over the staple O and strikes the top of the head R', the pins in the sides ofthe carriage being at the same time disengaged from the head, and the oat and bucket are then free to descend into the well by their own gravity, being guided by the rods Q.

The same principle can be applied to diEerent situations-as, for instance, to a spring or reservoir whose surface is so near the level of the ground that no provision need be made to separate the bucket from the carriage after the latter has reached the mouth of the reservoir. This is shown in Fig. 6. The strands K are secured and arranged in like manner as above explained, and the discharging devices and the windlass are made as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. The carriage N is sustained, as before, on the strands K, along which its grooved l Said wheels are covered by wheels O travel. shields d, th at are cut away below opposite the grooves of the wheels to allow the wheels to rest on the strands.` The rope J is merely fastened to the carriage, and the bucket is permanently attached to the carriage bymeans of arms c c, which reach downward therefrom on opposite sides of the bucket, which arms carry its journals V placed above its center of gravity. The sides of the bucket have pins h forward of the journals and pins j behind them, so that when the carriage and bucket are brought up to the place of discharge the pins h come against the tilting-arms F, and by arresting the bucket cause the continued forward movement of the carriage until it strikes the cross-bar li to tilt the bucket and bring its spout T low enough to discharge the contents into the receptacle E, the rear pins, j, coming against the arms c of the carriage and preventing the bucket from being turned completely over. When the rope is released the carriage is free to run down the strands K, and the rear of the bucket, coming in contact with the water as against a cushion, serves to arrest the further descent of the carriage and prevent it from being dashed with violence against the wall B, while the bucket itself will be rotated on its journals so as to bring its spout T into the water and allow the bucket to be filled.

The mouth or spout T is small compared with the diameter of the bucket, and, since the latter has convex sides, there is very little tendency to spill water out of the spout while the bucket is in motion. The turned-up flange on the lower edge of the sides of the carriage under the wheels prevents any tendency in the carriage to Hy off the strands in the run down, and also prevents the carriage from being thrown oft' when the bucket strikes the water, and also prevents the water from splashing on the wheels from the bucket. The boxes or shields d also protect the wheels O from becoming wet.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, it will be seen that the rods Q guide the bucket into the well A and prevent it from becoming turned and from striking the sides of the well and the rope J from becomingtwisted and entangled. The float R preserves the pulleys O2 and U and the rope J from becoming' wet, and thereby keeps them from being frozen stift' inwinter. When the bucket is raised up toward the carriage the iioat prevents'the Water from being thrown out on the sudden arrest of the vertical motion as the iioat strikes against the carriage.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The arrangement and combination of the carriage N, carrying a water-bucket, strands K; receptacles E H, pipe G, rope J, and windlass I, for elevating water to the upper apartments of a house, substantially as shown.

2. The carriage N, (shown in Figs. 1,2, and 4,) having wheels O, pulleys O2, an opening, e, to receive the head R of the float, and locking-pins to lock the head when the carriage is drawn upward along the strands K, substantially as described.

3. The oat R, placed over the bucket, substantially as described, and having a head, R', with a pulley to allow it to be suspended by rope J, as shown.

L. TAYLOR.

Witnesses:

LEWIS ROTE, H. R. WITT. 

